ProverbPedia

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுதிய விதி அழுதால் தீருமா?”
— English Translation:
Will destiny be averted by weeping?,

“Tamil Proverb:
எளியாரை எதிர் இட்டுக்கொண்டால் பிராண்ஹானி.”
— English Translation:
Inferiors if opposed become mortal enemies.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"எழுதுகிறது பெரிது அல்ல, இனம் அறிந்து சேர்க்கிறது பெரிது.”
— ",English Translation:
To be able to write is no great matter; to compose harmoniously is great.,

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுதுவது அருமை எழுதினதைப் பழுதற வாசிப்பது அருமை.”
— "English Translation:
Writing is important, reading correctly what is written, is more so.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எல்லாரும் பாக்கு இவன் ஒரு தோப்பு.”
— "English Translation:
All other men are areca-nuts, but this man is a grove of areca-trees.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுத்து அறிந்த வண்ணான் குறித்து எறிந்தான் ஓலை.”
— English Translation:
The washerman who had learnt his letters threw away his ola.,

“Tamil Proverb:
எல்லாரும் தடுக்கின்கீழ் நுழைந்தால் அவன் கோலத்தின்கீழ் நுழைவான்.”
— "English Translation:
If all can hide themselves under a small mat, he can conceal himself under the ornamental drawing on the floor.The கோலம் here mentioned is a floor ornament very commonly formed at the entrance of a native house: the form is circular, These ornaments are renewed every morning. They contain various devices. In some a temple car as delineated, in others trees, birds, flowers. They are generally striking because the combinations indicate considerable skill. It may be that they are connected with the prevalent ideas regarding the evil eye.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுத்து அறிந்த மன்னன் கிழித்து எறிந்தான் ஓலையை.”
— English Translation:
The king who had learnt his letters tore and threw away his ola. : It would appear that the two preceding proverbs relate to persons who suppose that ability to read supercedes all records.,

“Tamil Proverb:
எல்லா ஓட்டும் குல்லாவிலே.”
— English Translation:
All our progress depends on the outrigger.,

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுத்துக்குப் பால்மாறின கணக்கனும் உடுக்கைக்குப் பால்மாறின தாசியும் வருத்தம் அடைவார்.”
— "English Translation:
The curnum who neglects his accounts, and the dancing girl who is careless about her dress, will come to grief.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எல்லாத் தாட்டோட்டும் குல்லாவுக்குள்ளே இருக்கிறது.”
— "English Translation:
All the skill in steering centres in the out-rigger.Out-rigger boats or canoes are common on the south western coast of Ceylon. They are very swift and most safe. In 1848 when at Colombo duty called me daily to a large ship at the time out in the offing anchored in seven fathoms of water. On the occasion under notice I went on board in an ordinary Cingalese out-rigger canoe. In the evening after having completed the berths, for my two daughters who were going home for education, I betook myself to the boat, and soon after we got clear of the ship the boat was struck in the stern, filled, and went down. When I emerged from the waves I found myself near one of the two brackets of the out-rigger. The canoe was submerged but could not sink lower than the ends of the brackets tied to her side. The out-rigger at the other end of the brackets was floating on the surface of the sea, the canoe being suspended by it like a pair of scales from a beam. Aided by one of those brackets, which I pressed to my bosom, and a Chubb's Palanquin box, I gained the rocks soon after sunset and escaped to land.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுந்திருப்பான் கால் இல்லை.”
— "English Translation:
He would rise, but he has no feet.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"எல்லாரும் நல்லாரா, கல் எல்லாம் மாணிக்கமா?”
— ","English Translation:
Are all men good men, are all stones rubies?",

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுபது சென்றாலும் பறை ஏவினாற்றான் செய்யும்.”
— "English Translation:
Though seventy years old, a Pariah will do nothing unless he is prompted.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"எல்லா வேலையும் செய்வான், செத்தால் பிழைக்கமாட்டான்.”
— ","English Translation:
He can do all things, but when dead he cannot resuscitate himself.",

“Tamil Proverb:
எழுபது பேரைக் கொன்ற படுநீலி.”
— English Translation:
A cruel Níli-woman-who killed seventy persons.,